“Sexual Violence on the Rise in Mali’s Crisis Zones, Says UNFPA”

July 4, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Gender Equality, Social Justice

The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has nearly reached 380,000, up from 330,000 in May 2024 — an increase of nearly 15%.

Girls, Women Under Constant Threat in South Sudan

July 3, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Social Justice, Women’s Health

Recent attacks on girls and young women in South Sudan illustrate how they are at risk and lack adequate protections. On June 25,

Women Unite Their Voices to Demand the Return of Peace in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

June 25, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Education, Advocacy & Careers, Elections & Democracy, Social Justice

Women from several provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have delivered an advocacy note to the Minister of Foreign Affairs,

‘As Widespread As Guns and Bullets’ – Sexual Violence Used to Terrorize Sudan’s Women and Girls

June 23, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Social Justice, Women’s Health

More than 12 million people in Sudan are at risk of gender-based violence, with frontline responders and survivors reporting alarming rates of rape, abuse, coercion and child marriage © UNFPA Sudan

‘No-bra, no-exam’ rule at Nigerian university sparks outrage

June 23, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Education, Advocacy & Careers, Social Justice, West Africa

A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing

Women and Law in Southern Africa and Equality Now (WLSA)Call for Urgent Legal Reform to Support Child Marriage Survivors in Zimbabwe

June 5, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Others, Social Justice, Southern Africa

A new study commissioned by Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) (https://WLSAZim.co.zw/), with support from Equality Now (https://apo-opa.co/4kxQG3t), has found that although

Maternal Deaths Surge In Sudan As Women Bear Brunt of War

May 26, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Politics & Governance, Social Justice, Women’s Health

Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provided critical maternal health care as flooding worsens the refugee